Noida Techie Death: Builder Arrested, Rahul Blames Govt's Zero Accountability

New Delhi/Noida: The director of a real estate group was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the death of a 27-year-old software engineer, whose car had plunged into a water-filled pit at a construction site in Sector 150 of Noida, officials said. Abhay Kumar, the owner and builder of MZ Wishtown, was named in the FIR lodged after the incident.

The police have registered a case under Sections 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 106 (causing death by negligence), and 125 (endangering life) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

Yuvraj Mehta, the 27-year-old techie, was returning from his office in Gurugram last Friday when he failed to steer his car amid dense fog, collided with a drainage boundary, and fell into a deep ditch filled with water. Family members said the pit had been left open without proper barricading or warning signs, amounting to gross negligence by the Noida Authority.

Earlier in the day, a National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team retrieved the vehicle from the site. The Uttar Pradesh government has removed the Noida Authority chief executive officer and ordered a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the death.

Lok Sabha Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi blamed the government for the incident for zero accountability. "Roads kill, Bridges kill, Fires kill, Water kills, Pollution kills, Corruption kills, Indifference kills. India's urban collapse isn't about a lack of money, technology, or solutions. It's about the lack of accountability. TINA: There Is No Accountability," he shared on X.

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday directed an SIT to investigate the circumstances leading to the fatal accident and submit a detailed report within five days.

His father, Rajkumar Mehta, has alleged that repeated safety violations in the area were ignored despite the site being part of the National Capital Region (NCR). Local police officials said the post-mortem examination report mentions the trace of water in the victim's lungs and concluded that the death was due to cardiac arrest. Mehta's body was recovered after a hours-long search operation.

The incident has triggered widespread grief and outrage among people and renewed scrutiny of construction safety norms across Noida and Greater Noida, with demands for accountability and stricter enforcement to prevent similar tragedies.

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